CVE-2018-6638

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-6638
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-28 05:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-05-27 19:58:00 UTC
DescriptionA stack-based buffer overflow (Remote Code Execution) issue was discovered in Design Science MathType 6.9c. This occurs in a function call in which the first argument is a corrupted offset value and the second argument is a stack buffer. This is fixed in 6.9d.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dessci Mathtype 6.9c All All All
Application Dessci Mathtype 6.9c All All All
Application Wiris Mathtype 6.9c All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
bug3.docx - Google Drive MISC drive.google.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Download MathType - WIRIS Store MISC www.dessci.com Product, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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